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Wardell Gray

BAND RANKINGS:

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All Time

of 150,006

234
Decades
- 1940s
  
  of 38
  
  6
- 1950s
  
  of 170
  
  46
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  0
- 2000s
  
  of 10,561
  
  0
Genres
- Jazz
  
  of 1,947
  
  56
- Pop
  
  of 13,662
  
  622

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1940s

2.8861

1950s

2.5308

1990s

0.0000

2000s

0.0000

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Wardell Gray is ranked overall as 2.9855 out of 4 stars

2.9855

Wardell Gray Biography

Formed:

February 1921

Disbanded:

May 1955

Genres:

Jazz, Pop

Labels:

Allegro Corporation, Allegro Distributed Lines, Boplicity/ace, Classics, Cool & Blue/rock Bottom, Empire Music Group, Masters Of Jazz, Original Jazz Classics, Proper Box/city Hall, Savoy Jazz, Synergie Logistics Dist.

History:

Wardell Gray was one of the top tenors to emerge during the bop era (along with Dexter Gordon and Teddy Edwards). His Lester Young-influenced tone made his playing attractive to swing musicians as well as younger modernists. He grew up in Detroit, playing in local bands as a teenager. Gray was with Earl Hines during 1943-1945, recording with him (1945). That same year, he moved to Los Angeles and he became a major part of the Central Avenue scene, having nightly tenor battles with Dexter ...more

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